Portable smoothing-iron.



A. B. HOLLINGSHBAD.

PORTABLE sMooTHNG IRON.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 5, 1910.

l Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

,al lloney [NI/'ENT R speincmon of Lenen han;

Patented oct.' 3, 1911.

Hennepin and State of `Minnesota, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Smoothing-Irons, of

which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an axial sec.

tion of the same; Fig. 3 is a. section on the line 3-3, Fig. ,1, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4, Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to provide a smoothing iron which may be readily carried in a valise, trunk, etc., for use in traveling, of such construction that. it may be readily heated by gas, electricity, or other medium applied within the liron and therefore in a'manner to insure uniform heating of all its walls and adapt its entire surface for use; and of a form which provides an axially disposed handle, by which it may be freely manipulated, and a head symmetrically formed about the axis of the handle,

and of`such shape as to be circular in transverse sections and oval in axial sections,'so that the device may be used not merely'by sliding a limited portion of its surface over 30 the goods to be smoothed, but all parts of its surface are adapted for such' use and the device is moreover adapted to develop the smoothing effect by rotation upon its axis while the goods are stretched around it or l5 while it is being pressed into some corner or confined portion of the goods, where lateral sweeping movement is impracticable.- The head is preferably in the shape of an egg or solid oval for the further purpose of laffording smoothing surfaces, curved upon a large number of different radii, as Well as affording a reduced point, which may be moved relatively to the surface to be smoothed, either by sweeping movement or rotary m0- 48 tion.

1 represents a smoothing iron constructed of metal and preferably of egg-shape. The iron is cored to form a chamberv 2 which extends substantially the entire length of I0' the iron, the open end of the chamber being provided with interior screw threads 3. The iron 1, as will be` seen from the drawing, comprises a heat conducting body having a circumferentially continuous smoothing suri5' face.

4 is a tubular handle constructed prefer- Appli'cation led DecemberA 5, 1910. Serial lo. 595,744.

ably of metal and terminating at one end in 'an enlargement constitutin a plug, which plug is provided with screw t reads ada ted to intermesh withlthescrew threads 3 o the iron, as clearly shown in Fi 2. This handle, as will be seen, extends rom and in line with the axis ofsaid iron body.

6 is a porcelain tube mounted within the tube 4 and extending throughout the length thereof, said tube 6 acting as a non-conductor for the electrical circuit wires or conductors 7 which\extend through said tube and rare connected to the electric heating coil 8 positioned in the chamber 2 of the 1ron 1.

v 9 is a wooden or other suitable insulating hand-piece secured upon the handle 4, said handle bein conductor o electricity as well as heat.

While for purposes of illustration I have shown, the heating medium for the iron Vas consisting of an electric heating coil, it will of course be understood that the iron may be heated from any other suitable source of heat. The iron may also be inserted in au electrically heated sock'et such as is com.

monly used and found in all the leading hotels, providing the socket is fashioned to receive a. body ofthe shape shown in this case.

While my improved iron is especial-lyl adapted for use by travelers, it is equally' as convenient around the home.

It is well known that clothing of all kinds becomes more or less creased due to packing in trunks, etc., and that frequently it is inconvenient to send the clothing out for pressing. In the use ofmy improvements in irons, the iron may be heated in any suitable way to the usual degree of heat necessary forl ironing. The garment may be hung upon aI coat hanger or other suit-v able suspending device and the clothing pressed by taking the portable iron in one hand and holding with a slight tension the goods with the other hand and then passing the oval iron over the creased or wrinkled portions, thus smoot ing the goods without the use of a table o other permanent surface. Of course, it ill be understood that the iron may be used upon goods supported by a table or other permanent surface. In

of material which is a non-` using the iron, it is rotated on its axis while I,

in contact with the surface of the goods to be ironed, thereby presenting acontinuous smooth unbroken surfacefor` contact with ww... w'.

the material to be ironed, thus eliminating the liability of leaving iron marks ilpon the goods. i

I claim:

A` 5 A manually controlled smoothing iron,

adapted to be rot-ated *in Contact with the goods to bel smoothed, and means provided within said head for internally heating said head.l l

The foregoinl Paul, State of November, 1910.

ALICE EMMA HOLLINGSHEAI).

VIn presence of y MILDRED PETERSON, H. A. HAGLEMAN.

specification signed at St. 15 innesota this 16th day of 

